Playstation 5

[Anubis]

Bobby’s going to be pissed when he finds out this was his kids.

[Bobby Hundreds]

Damn right will be I ain't got any kids.

[Furmedge]

Had mine hacked last month. Cheeky bastards downloaded 2 games within 10 minutes of me getting a notification. Phoned Sony and they refunded one and put credit on my account for the other for some reason. Said there had been two new PS4's linked to my account the previous day. They managed to download the games using PayPal as the wallet. I've cancelled PayPal as a payment source now so hopefully that puts an end to it.

[Guest]

Xbox series s, digital version of next gen allegedly price leaked at £299.

[Lee909]

That's the digital version, the disk is supposed to be £500. I still want disks myself

[skend04]

1 hour ago, Fluter in Dakota said:

Xbox series s, digital version of next gen allegedly price leaked at £299.

 

It's been confirmed as £249. I think the visuals are going to be where the difference is between that and the Series X. 

 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, skend04 said:

 

It's been confirmed as £249. I think the visuals are going to be where the difference is between that and the Series X. 

 

That's a really aggressive price point. I've heard that the specs will be lower but still superior to the Xbox One X. Xbox Series X seems to have leaked at $499 so presumaly will be about £449. Very competitive pricing.

[skend04]

£359 for the PS5 digital version and £449 for the physical disc version. Out on November 19th.

[Guest]

On 10/06/2020 at 21:51, Fluter in Dakota said:

I would be really surprised if they went to that price for it. Sony will want to sell as many as possible and will definitely NOT want a repeat of what happened with the PS3 and XBOX 360.

 

I'm expecting £450-£500 to lay down the gauntlet to Microsoft.

oof

[Paul]

What are the pros and cons of the digital vs disc versions?

[Welsh]

I'd sooner have disc version as I tend to sell my games on after finishing them. 

 

I'll get one of the consoles eventually but I'm in no rush for one for the time being. Heard the games are around £65 as well!!!

[Paul]

Will there be price competition on digital games or basically a fixed price?

[Chairman Meow]

12 minutes ago, Paul said:

Will there be price competition on digital games or basically a fixed price?

No idea what the score will be with PS5 but I routinely find that the PS store pricing is generally higher for digital than you can buy the disc version with PS4 games.

 

The price of games is getting absolutely ridiculous in general at launch and then half the time it's micro transaction and DLC expected on top for what more often than not is basically a database update in the case of the EA sports games for instance and then you also have PS+ and Xbox Live fees on top. 

 

They're really starting to take the piss even more now. 

[Guest]

15 minutes ago, Paul said:

Will there be price competition on digital games or basically a fixed price?

Nintendo have just banned anyone from selling codes to digital games so the only place you can now get digital games is their e-Shop. As a result, physical games get a discount on many gaming websites.

 

Pros of digital - play on more than than one console, indie titles, space restrictions.

Cons of digital - lack of sell-on, digital content COULD disappear, lack of ownership.

 

Much better to have the option of both.

[Guest]

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ps5-pre-order-now-live-playstation-5

[Allan]

Amazon

 

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Sony-PlayStation-5-Console/dp/B08H95Y452/ref=pd_rhf_se_p_img_1?_encoding=UTF8&refRID=4SCFVKSDP54VKQXF7E8K&th=1 

 

 

[Allan]

Initial pre-orders on Amazon have now sold out.

 

There's been no links to the digital version on Amazon that I'm aware of, so perhaps they'll release new pre-orders later in the day.

 

Argos are due to start their pre-orders tomorrow. Currys & ShopTo supposedly starting "soon"...

[Welsh]

Edit - Wrong thread

[Scott_M]

I watched the presentation last night, although I thought it looked pretty good, there was nothing that made me massively want one.

 

With Mario 3D All Stars, a new Zelda game, a new Mario Katy and another Mario game coming out all before Q2’21, I’ll stick with my Switch and see what’s on the horizon after that. 

[Elite]

I'm in no rush to buy one. Will wait atleast a year.

[skend04]

I've never been an early adopter but I bit the bullet earlier today. I suppose there's still loads on the PS4 that I've yet to get through but I've spent very little the last few months apart from just bills and gone out only a handful of times whilst still working that I thought I'd treat myself.

[Guest]

20 minutes ago, skend04 said:

I've never been an early adopter but I bit the bullet earlier today. I suppose there's still loads on the PS4 that I've yet to get through but I've spent very little the last few months apart from just bills and gone out only a handful of times whilst still working that I thought I'd treat myself.

With PS Plus you'll be able to play them on PS5. I've pre-ordered on amazon. Rude not to.

[The Golden Eel]

I ordered one off Smyths last night. My son would be gutted if he doesn't have one of these at Christmas. We don't have a PS4 and I've been putting him off until this came out so felt a bit of pressure to nab one. Games are bloody expensive. 

[cloggypop]

7 minutes ago, The Golden Eel said:

I ordered one off Smyths last night. My son would be gutted if he doesn't have one of these at Christmas. We don't have a PS4 and I've been putting him off until this came out so felt a bit of pressure to nab one. Games are bloody expensive. 

It looks a great buy if you don't have a PS4. Most of the best PS4 games are going to be on PS Plus when it releases so you'll have all of them to play before all the really good PS5 games are out. 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Felt a bit underwhelmed by the showing. Like with the Series S/X, it doesn't feel like a generational leap with so many cross-gen games.

 

The only thing tempting me is the speed of loading from an SSD, but for the sake of £450 I'll just look at my phone for the odd 30 seconds.

 

Hopefully by the time I clear my backlog there'll be a genuine exclusive on there that's worth getting.