Playstation 5

[Byrnie]

13 hours ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Not sure about gaming headsets, but you can use any headphones with an audio jack now, plugged straight into the controller. I'm planning to add an in-line mic to some Sennheisers rather than buy a specific gaming headset this gen.

Didn't know that, that's good to know. Thanks.

[Scott_M]

Got to say, I’ve not had a PS since a PS2 and normally stick to the Nintendo’s, but I am now fully converted to a PS Fan Boy.

 

Loved being able to download some of the old classic PS4 games - Batman, Uncharted, Horizon, Gods Of War, Red Dead Redemption, … all brilliant.

 

Also loved the PS5 games I’ve bought, although they’ve all seemed relatively short - Spider-Man, Ratchett & Clank & Ghost Of Tsushima (realise that was a PS4 game and it wasn’t as short as the other 2). 
 

Got Assassins Creed Valhalla coming today and ordered Horzion 2 for next month.

 

Do look the like of Elders Ring. I normally only go for 1 game at a time, finish it and sell, so I’ll likely go for that after Horizon. 
 

I do think all the games seem a bit samey though - gain experience points, get better weapons, become tougher etc etc. 
 

Not sure the point in re-releasing the Uncharted package when it was free in the PlayStation Plus store. I’d have likely bought that if I hadn’t finished the free version. 

[TD_LFC]

Be interesting to see the detail on Project Spartacus, I doubt it'll be as wide ranging as Game Pass but given the quality of Playstation's games it could still be an interesting addition.

[TD_LFC]

Sony buying Bungie.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

All this money flying around, and still no one wants to buy Konami and start making proper 2D Castlevanias again.

[cloggypop]

25 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

All this money flying around, and still no one wants to buy Konami and start making proper 2D Castlevanias again.

Just play Bloodstained 

[Guest]

11 minutes ago, cloggypop said:

Just play Bloodstained 

Bloodstained is boss. 

 

Sony have said there are more acquisitions to come. Konami and Sega would be interesting... 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

41 minutes ago, cloggypop said:

Just play Bloodstained 

One of my games of the generation that is. 

 

Still want a proper 2D sprite based Castlevania though. The IP Konami are just sitting on is mad.

[Guest]

9 hours ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

One of my games of the generation that is. 

 

Still want a proper 2D sprite based Castlevania though. The IP Konami are just sitting on is mad.

They are primed to be bought out as their video games department has been in restructure since January 2021 and is still not fully functional. 

[Elite]

Be nice to have a new Halo game on PS5.

[Allan]

4 hours ago, Elite said:

Be nice to have a new Halo game on PS5.

Not sure if joking...

 

Bungie passed the development of Halo to 343 many moons ago.

[Guest]

Bungie are not very good at being taken over or working with others. Apparently they got pissed off at Microsoft and wanted to go their own way, then they signed a ten year publishing deal with Activision that they bought themselves out of after eight years. Now pairing up with Sony. They're remaining independent effectively and destiny 2 generates $350m per year so it's an odd purchase from Sony financially. It must be about expertise in FPS genre and they do have an IP in development so that must be showing a lot of promise to justify $3.6b purchase price. 

[Elite]

55 minutes ago, Dynamite said:

Not sure if joking...

 

Bungie passed the development of Halo to 343 many moons ago.

I was being serious. Damn, I like Halo but always buy PlayStation over Xbox.

 

[Guest]

4 hours ago, Elite said:

I was being serious. Damn, I like Halo but always buy PlayStation over Xbox.

 

Maybe they come up with a Halo-esque shooter next and release it on PS5. Halo Infinite is blooming great though.

[Scott_M]

On 27/01/2022 at 10:54, Scott_M said:

Got Assassins Creed Valhalla coming today and ordered Horzion 2 for next month

Highly disappointing. Already on eBay. 

[TD_LFC]

Sony seem to be giving them full autonomy and aren't limiting them to just the Playstation platform.

 

The real value for Sony is in the rights to IP's for movies and TV and the gaming experience in live services of the company.

 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Still not really seeing the value here for Sony. Based on IP alone, they're not getting much. No exclusivity either. So, it's leaning heavily on the expertise Bungie have with live service games?

[Chris]

7 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Still not really seeing the value here for Sony. Based on IP alone, they're not getting much. No exclusivity either. So, it's leaning heavily on the expertise Bungie have with live service games?

 

I wrote a bit about my views on the deal here. 

 

https://www.trustedreviews.com/opinion/sony-keeping-bungie-open-is-genius-and-paints-xbox-as-the-bad-guy-4206448

 

Tl;dr? Sony’s first act as custodian of Bungie was to promise Destiny 2 and all future games will be open for all gamers. It’s the perfect strategy to counter Microsoft’s hoarding approach and it makes Microsoft seem like assholes.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

2 minutes ago, Chris said:

 

I wrote a bit about my views on the deal here. 

 

Tl;dr? Sony’s first act as custodian of Bungie was to promise Destiny 2 and all future games will be open for all gamers. It’s the perfect strategy to counter Microsoft’s hoarding approach and it makes Microsoft seem like assholes.

It's a good look for them, no doubt, but I'm not sure consumers really care about companies being arseholes. The vast majority just want to know what games are on the system, and this deal doesn't change anything there.

 

I wonder if this will tie in with Sony's answer to Game Pass somehow.

[Chris]

9 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

It's a good look for them, no doubt, but I'm not sure consumers really care about companies being arseholes. The vast majority just want to know what games are on the system, and this deal doesn't change anything there.

 

I wonder if this will tie in with Sony's answer to Game Pass somehow.

 

Absolutely true, but when they see Microsoft pulling their favourite games away from the system they've always played them on, they may care then.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

9 minutes ago, Chris said:

 

Absolutely true, but when they see Microsoft pulling their favourite games away from the system they've always played them on, they may care then.

Fair point. It'll be interesting to see how it all unfolds anyway. 

[Captain Turdseye]

On 27/01/2022 at 10:54, Scott_M said:

Got to say, I’ve not had a PS since a PS2 and normally stick to the Nintendo’s, but I am now fully converted to a PS Fan Boy.

 

Loved being able to download some of the old classic PS4 games - Batman, Uncharted, Horizon, Gods Of War, Red Dead Redemption, … all brilliant.

Woah there, Cowboy. You told me you thought Red Dead was shite. 

[Scott_M]

2 hours ago, Captain Turdseye said:

Woah there, Cowboy. You told me you thought Red Dead was shite. 

I did not. I think I’d just come off the back of Uncharted and Gods Of War and I said I didn’t think it was any better than either of those. 

[skend04]

Internet went down earlier at home and thought whilst I couldn't work I'd jump on the PS5. It looks like you can't play digital games because it tries to verify you're playing a legit copy of the game over the web. Well, that's a bit of a fucker.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

4 minutes ago, skend04 said:

Internet went down earlier at home and thought whilst I couldn't work I'd jump on the PS5. It looks like you can't play digital games because it tries to verify you're playing a legit copy of the game over the web. Well, that's a bit of a fucker.

Was it one you bought, or a PS Plus game?