Sony PS5

[JaegerDice]

You think there'll be more mid-tier games on PS5 like there were on PS3/360? I mean stuff like The Saboteur, Alpha Protocol, Prototype, Red Faction, Enslaved, Dragon's Dogma, Sleeping Dogs, dozens of racing games like Blur or Motorstorm or Midnight Club, etc.

They really helped drive down game prices in that generation I feel and made it easy to find lots to play.

Noooooooooo.

The increased expense of developing 4K assets is going to further eat away at that mid-tier.

You’re either going to have games with AAA budgets, or small downloadable indies, and very little in between.

On the plus side, given that both companies are pushing digital-only platforms, I think you can look forward to even more online sales and promotions.

 

[aleshemsky83]

Noooooooooo.

The increased expense of developing 4K assets is going to further eat away at that mid-tier.

You’re either going to have games with AAA budgets, or small downloadable indies, and very little in between.

On the plus side, given that both companies are pushing digital-only platforms, I think you can look forward to even more online sales and promotions.

Nah, there's plenty of good looking budget games

Destory All Humans, Plague Tale, Senuas Sacrifice, A way out, Snake Pass, Rocket League, I don't know if the surge games were full price at launch or not but they're budget games now and they look stunning.

With UE4 and big publishers funding Indies, there's a lot more good looking non full price gamesthan you think.

 

[Tonneau]

I have a 2nd revision PS4 (not the slim) and it's actually fine unless I put it in the cabinet.

If you say so. Mine sounds like a rocket is taking off no matter what.

 

[KCC]

If you say so. Mine sounds like a rocket is taking off no matter what.

Mine also sounds like a rocket taking off during certain parts in games. They say the ps5 is much quieter. I guess we will see.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

It is absolutely massive. It has to be quieter.

 

[ItsFineImFine]

My conspiracy about the size is that they made it larger than it needs to be so they can release a slim version which gets a sale boost a couple years down the line or whenever because I doubt they do the same thing again with the regular vs Pro version big difference which they did with PS4 (outside of a possible storage upgrade like when they went from PS3 Fat -> Slim).

 

[syz]

You think there'll be more mid-tier games on PS5 like there were on PS3/360? I mean stuff like The Saboteur, Alpha Protocol, Prototype, Red Faction, Enslaved, Dragon's Dogma, Sleeping Dogs, dozens of racing games like Blur or Motorstorm or Midnight Club, etc.

They really helped drive down game prices in that generation I feel and made it easy to find lots to play.

There were a lot of those games on PS4 but they were the same price as everything else. Publishers will charge whatever they can get away with.

 

[DatsyukOwns]

Not sure if this has been asked or brought up in this tread, but for anyone who preordered through Walmart Canada, was your card charged? Used my credit card, but it has not been charged any amount yet.

Says the status of my order is in progress, and I have an expected date of pickup as well when looking at the order on my account.

 

[aleshemsky83]

Not sure if this has been asked or brought up in this tread, but for anyone who preordered through Walmart Canada, was your card charged? Used my credit card, but it has not been charged any amount yet.

Says the status of my order is in progress, and I have an expected date of pickup as well when looking at the order on my account.

You'll get charged when its shipped if the order went through.

 

[KCC]

Not sure if this has been asked or brought up in this tread, but for anyone who preordered through Walmart Canada, was your card charged? Used my credit card, but it has not been charged any amount yet.

Says the status of my order is in progress, and I have an expected date of pickup as well when looking at the order on my account.

Most stores do not charge you until it has been shipped. Walmart, Amazon for sure don't. I refuse to buy from any store that charges you before something is shipped as sometimes it can be a hassle. lol.

 

[Hammettf2b]

Does the horizontal stand come separate?

iirc, its the same stand so you have use it horizontal or vertical and it does come with it

 

[542365]

Anyone know when this next batch of preorders starts? Is it at midnight or some time during the day tomorrow?

 

[Hammettf2b]

Anyone know when this next batch of preorders starts? Is it at midnight or some time during the day tomorrow?

I don't think a time was ever announced. I would just keep checking.

 

[Gardner McKay]

Anyone know when this next batch of preorders starts? Is it at midnight or some time during the day tomorrow?

I don't think a time was ever announced. I would just keep checking.

There have been a few tweets that have suggested more will be released tomorrow but I haven't seen anything concrete.

 

[ItsFineImFine]

There were a lot of those games on PS4 but they were the same price as everything else. Publishers will charge whatever they can get away with.

I'm not talking about publisher prices, that's for people that pay full price. I'm talking about used game prices. The used game prices for physical copies never dropped as low as it was on the 7th gen for reasons including:

- Less selection of those B-tier games saturating the market
-More people buying digital so less physical copies on the market to begin with
-Likely higher demand
-It also helped that during 7th gen, we had a bunch of stores like HMV or Blockbuster or Rogers stores in Canada going out of business and selling their stock for cheap as retail's physical presence shrank.

I'm honestly shocked looking back how many physical PS3 games I was able to get for under $10 or $20 BEFORE the PS4 even came out.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

I get that its a remaster but just let me pick up where I already am.

 

[aleshemsky83]

oh thats so dumb. So even the backwards compatible version wont import your save file? So, so, dumb.

 

[Hammettf2b]

oh thats so dumb. So even the backwards compatible version wont import your save file? So, so, dumb.

I have the PS4 digital version of the game. Haven't played much of it. I assume I will be able to download it on my PS5 and start over?

 

[Khelandros]

oh thats so dumb. So even the backwards compatible version wont import your save file? So, so, dumb.

Being backwards compatible doesn't mean they are the same game. I had a Witcher 3 save file, then bought the GOTY Witcher 3 and save files didn't carry over. Considered 2 different games. Jumping systems would make it it's own standalone game, with no cross save function.

 

[robertmac43]

I have the platinum in Spiderman so I'm honestly down to have to fully restart it :p

 

[aleshemsky83]

its the conversion rate between the usd and cad. $100 usd is $132 cad.

Aaaaaand, the Series X is $599 Canadian. What was Sony thinking?

 

[JaegerDice]

Being backwards compatible doesn't mean they are the same game. I had a Witcher 3 save file, then bought the GOTY Witcher 3 and save files didn't carry over. Considered 2 different games. Jumping systems would make it it's own standalone game, with no cross save function.

That's not how it worked on Xbox.

If you had a save for a BC game on 360, cloud saved it, you could download it and use it in game on the Xbox One.

Now, remasters are something different.

For example, I can't use my Xbox 360 Skyrim save files with the remastered edition of Skyrim released on Xbox One. I can only use them if I play the 360 version of Skyrim on my Xbox One.

Honestly, it really shouldn't be that hard for Miles Morales to just import progress from a PS4 save. Even if you couldn't PLAY that save and you had to start at the beginning of the game, at least get through the opening cinematic/mission and have all the icons on the map filled.

 

[Khelandros]

Aaaaaand, the Series X is $599 Canadian. What was Sony thinking?

$30 going to make or break for you?

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Not sure if this has been asked or brought up in this tread, but for anyone who preordered through Walmart Canada, was your card charged? Used my credit card, but it has not been charged any amount yet.

Says the status of my order is in progress, and I have an expected date of pickup as well when looking at the order on my account.

While not Canada, I ordered an Xbox Series X from Walmart today in the states and my card was charged.

I ordered my PS5 from GameStop last week and still haven’t gotten a confirmation email but I did get a confirmation code after checking out. My card hasn’t been charged.

So who the hell knows.

 

[aleshemsky83]

$30 going to make or break for you?

You make a good point but it all adds up, no free online (ps plus) with PS Now either, Xbox has it included with gamepass.

Tbh, if you only play multiplatforms like the majority of gamers, I can't see PlayStation having much appeal anymore outside of brand loyalty. I'm probably selling it off after I'm done with demons souls.