Jimbob
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With PlayStation, i've gone down the PS+ route for a lot of my gaming. And when i get PS+, it's usually on a sale or something. £120 a year, and you get a heap of games to play isn't too bad value, if you only went this route for your gaming needs. What's that, £10 a month (ish). Last game i bought was 2 months back in Assassin's Creed Shadows, and before that was Sonic & Shadow Generations back in October 2024. I used to get plenty of games Day 1, but that is no longer the case (purchasing that is).
Rest of 2025, 3-5 more games i'm interested in getting. Death Stranding 2, Metal Gear Solid, Ghost of Yotei, Metroid Prime 4 and Pokemon ZA). Will any be Day 1, perhaps 2 off that list will be. Rest i'll wait on a reduction or Christmas monies. Or wait until CEX has them for a reasonable price and buy then.
Gamepass covers a fair few Day 1 releases, which with them releasing on PS5 (and soon to be Switch 2) means i'll play through Gamepass and save some monies. Doom Dark Ages is one such game coming to Xbox and PS5. Cheers to EE for providing Gamepass through my contract, saves me some monies here.
I've noticed the same on Era @Hero-of-Time. Lot of people buy games partially for FOMO, but you do see some logical peeps who wait for sales and play later on.
Saying that, i'm throwing down £500 on the Switch 2 next month (with a couple accessories) and probably going digital on any purchases to save some monies as well.
Edit: I forgot to add Nintendo onto this. Nintendo is sort of the one company i make an exception on, and that's mostly because their 1st party games rarely go down in cost. One prime example we can use here is Breath of the Wild coming to Switch 2 where they are increasing the price for an 8 year old game, and not bundling the DLC. A game like that is something (around launch anyway) where i'd happily put down £70 to buy as i'd easily get that many hours, if not more from it.
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I'm certainly looking forward to Switch 2. It's not on par with the excitement i had for Switch 1, but it's up there. Games-wise, there's Mario Kart World to look forward to. But that's really it to be honest, i do have a fair few Switch games i'm waiting to play or finish on Switch 2. 2 stand-outs for me here are.
- Tears of the Kingdom
- Pokemon Scarlett
Not saying both don't play fine on Switch (ok, Pokemon still has issues) but playing on newer hardware will be great.
I'll be interested in seeing how Fortnite plays here. Yes, it worked fine on Switch. But it is night and day different between here and PS5, and i like to chill on the sofa of an evening playing (Portal does a fine job here)
Someone did raise a point, will Mario Kart World be pre-installed on those getting the bundle or will it need downloading from the eShop. And if so, will it hold up with the sheer volume of peeps downloading stuff.
Feeling the same as i was when the PS5 came out. Had my launch game or two, and a few PS4 games i was holding back for the new machine to tide me over.
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13 hours ago, Hero-of-Time said:
I see Sony have now jacked up the price of PS+ by an extra $30 over in Canada. Are they just putting prices up everywhere EXCEPT the US?
4 hours ago, Dcubed said:They've been doing that all generation. The US is the only region where they haven't been upping the price of the console since launch, and the only region that has maintained its initial launch price.
They are deathly afraid of increasing the US price, and are happy to rip off the rest of the world instead; probably because it's the only region where Xbox puts up some semblance of competition.
Lot of people are believing this latest price increase is to counter the tariffs President Trump is pushing across the world. I get it, but seriously please increase the US prices as well.
I know i'm thinking optimistically, but maybe the latest increases may push people towards purchasing an Xbox (or a device that can play Xbox) as prices have not gone up as much (or as often) as of yet.
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5 hours ago, Cube said:
This is why I do my challenges. New games are pretty much a birthday and Christmas thing now.
Just like when we were all kids
I do the same, get the challenges in on any games for some PSN credit. Did save some for a PS+ renewal last year, saved me about £25
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1 hour ago, Hero-of-Time said:
It's honestly getting to the point where I'm really hating this hobby more and more. Prices of games continue to keep going up and that's without putting things like battles passes, DLC, season pass on top of the main price. Games are launching half baked and not even fully on physical media. Every company seems to be nickel and diming their user base, which is probably because the audience is shrinking and so they are needing to squeeze every penny out of the gamers they already have. Even Nintendo are at it, what with them charging for a tech demo and increasing the price of their games. The industry is just a mess.
Not forgetting re-releasing Breath of the Wild at an increased price, and not including it's DLC (game is 8 years old)
Usually by now, console prices are coming down in price. Not going up.......
The PS5 digital edition is practically the same price (near enough) as the disc edition PS5 was at launch now. Coupled with an increase in PS+ in some areas, this really is becoming a niche market. I did read on a Reddit post that Sony may want to consider re-branding the PS5 Pro into the PS6 going forward if prices just keep going up.
On one side now, it's making the Switch 2 look better.
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On 4/11/2025 at 3:54 PM, Julius said:
Yeah, at this point if we got invites I'm kind of curious to know if they'd still be projecting delivery for launch? I imagine the Nintendo Store has a good % of the Switch 2 units going up over here and it seems to be a bit of a drip feed since the first wave of invites.
Likewise, my priority is that GCN NSO controller. I don't mind the launch line-up not being as stacked because it means I get to just focus on trying out Mario Kart World and then trying out the GameCube NSO games – unless anything else gets announced Wind Waker is basically going to be my single-player launch title, so I'd definitely like to have the controller to go with it! Though I suppose I could also just use an adapter and see if I can get my hands on one of those Smash Ultimate GCN controllers they put out for a relatively newer model...
It's a bit rough at this point purely because I'm 99% sure I fit the criteria now but am just worried my email address has been dropped into the aether, but at the same time, I've been pretty fortunate with quite a few lottery systems over the past 12 months (NES World Championships, some Closed Network Tests, the Switch 2 Experience), with this only the second one (including non-gaming things) in that period where I feel like I've "lost", and even then, that's only for now. The new Pro Controller got restocked after showing as sold out the other day too, so even if this GCN NSO controller somehow runs out temporarily, I think they'd show as being back in stock pretty quickly.
Just got to keep the positive vibes going and I'm sure our invites will turn up eventually
maybe
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In terms of Nintendo lotteries, most recent i got into was that "Mystery Game" thing they ran last year, didn't get into others. I mean, it is what it is.
Wasn't lucky with Nintendo, i guess that was meant to be. I certainly fitted the criteria, but it was a lottery after all.
Speaking of lotteries, ShopTo invited me to upgrade my Back Order (i was meaning to pay it last week) to a confirmed Day 1 order, just have 24 hours to pay. Sounds corny, but i trust ShopTo more than i would Argos, and Amazon with it's 2 days after release delivery date as confirmed (i checked with customer services, they confirmed the 7th as delivery day and wouldn't be any earlier)
Edit: Who was it who said Argos can be awkward. I'll say so, just cancelling an order is a blooming minefield. The auto chat says i can't cancel, the agent is saying the supplier will decide if i can cancel.
Shouldn't really be this hard should it?
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I'll be surprised if prices in the US don't increase for Switch 2 because of the tariffs. The US is a big market for Nintendo, so maybe they'll look to either swallow some costs themselves and pass some onto the consumer or bump the cost up altogether.
And yes, US fans may get an invite before me as well @Julius. I'm never fortunate on the Nintendo lotteries, and if i did get an invite, i'd more than likely just use it to get the GameCube controller as i have a locked in (well, 2) Switch 2 order.
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If the UK/EU is possibly next in line (but then, the US could be next), then i reckon we'll see something around summertime.
I'm quite surprised Nintendo are not upping NSO+ seeing as now you're getting 2 upgrade packs and GCN games.
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49 minutes ago, Julius said:
Sure thing...
Wait, were we trying to summon an invite for a GCN NSO controller or an Eldritch god?
Ah, we didn't specify
Well, if it's started already then hope for the best
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1 hour ago, Julius said:
Oof, I hadn't even noticed that, I just assumed that they jumped the gun but had used an image of the GCN NSO controller.
What's crazier is that you can still see this with a quick Google search (though the link now returns a 404 error):
Oh dear
But how else are they supposed to know that I'm committed to them being my next corporate overlord?
Summoning circle?
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7 minutes ago, Julius said:
Well, have a guess at what I'm still waiting on...
Tomorrow, right? Surely?
Do find it a bit strange that my previous NES, SNES and N64 NSO controller purchases from the Nintendo Store aren't helping me out here, but whatever
As with the GCN NSO controller, I'm pretty sure that you only need the invite to pre-order a Switch 2 via the Nintendo Store to purchase the microSD Express cards from there, as the wording used is the same:
It is strange that it's locked behind an invite, though, considering that these microSD Express cards are available elsewhere (such as via SanDisk themselves, and ShopTo like you mentioned). Makes me a bit nervous about my ShopTo pre-order for the card considering that they also had GCN NSO controllers up at first, clearly not understanding that they were Nintendo Store exclusive, but whereas NSO controllers have always remained Nintendo Store exclusive, the officially Nintendo-branded microSDs for the Switch are available elsewhere too.
Guess we'll need to wait and see
True. If it doesn't work, i'll transfer the funds i've already paid for the card onto the Pro controller and wait. They did have the GameCube NSO controller up for order, but the image was of a 3rd party HORI pad.
Weird locking an SD card behind an invite link.Amazon have MicroSD Express cards for sale, 256gb as well. They're not Nintendo branded, but should work all the same.
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I didn't get lucky with MNS for a pre-order invite. Never really do, i did meet the critera they were asking for (2 years NSO, over 50 hrs play and have emails opted in). Even so, i think it was a lottery ala the Preview event and Alarmo, so hey ho.
However, i have my Argos order secured (unless they monumentally screw up) and a back-up in the form of Amazon (they gave a 22 hour window from an invite link, which i locked in last weekend).
Also managed to get a Pro controller, carry case and MicroSD Express ordered through ShopTo. Weird how the SD card is locked for those who've not pre-ordered a Switch 2 on MNS.
I'm done for now, let the waiting game begin.
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57 minutes ago, martinist said:
Well this is a nice surprise.
I paid in full for my back order and a few days later I get an email from ShopTo saying i'm in the first batch.
Looks like i'm getting it on launch after all.
Nice, they must have had several cancellations.
Been tempted to pay for mine and wait and see what happens (aka, cancel the Amazon one i have and pay for this). Amazon are still saying it'll be delivered on the 7th or later.
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3 minutes ago, Ike said:
Available at GAME https://www.game.co.uk/nintendo-nintendo-switch-2--mario-kart-world-bundle-719947
But it's GAME...
Same as @Julius, on the one hand for me they were good when i ordered my PS5. Ok, it was a brick n mortar store i ordered from, but it was still there for me.
And they shipped out a replacement DualSense when my launch model broke during COVID as i couldn't get to a store.On the other, articles on Eurogamer in the past have highlighted their troubles with not fulfilling orders, not getting any Silent Hill orders (or even shipping with missing pre-order bonuses) and getting boxes of Zedeya figures over actual games or just getting 1 new copy of a game in.
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2 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said:
Yeah, Argos done this with the PS5 Pro and certain special edition controllers. Many were left without and so I'd recommend trying to secure an order elsewhere.
Yeah, done that with Amazon already. They offered me the Mario Kart bundle one, so even better. It's locked in, and i'll probably cancel the Argos one later on.
Amazon can't delivery until 7th June, but if 2 days longer wait means i'll get one then so be it.
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Missed out on the ShopTo first batch of consoles. I've been hearing it was a bit of RNG, with some people who registered early (like myself in January) missing out and some who registered a few weeks ago getting a chance.
However, i did get an order with Argos confirmed via email and text around 3:30pm yesterday afternoon. I have heard that Argos have a tendancy to over order and not provide, so we'll see what happens here. As a back-up, Amazon sent me an invite to pre-order which i confirmed earlier.
If i keep hearing about the horror stories from Argos, i'll cancel and go with Amazon.
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2 hours ago, Dcubed said:
Looks like they're gearing up for their own subscription service.
Unless they offer an extensive list of arcade, Saturn and Dreamcast titles? I'm not paying a penny.
Makes sense as to why they removed an extensive chunk of older titles from various storefronts.
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I mean, would Nintendo go the route Sony have done and charge £10 for an upgraded version of an already existing game.........or will it be full whack of £50-£70 for a newer Switch 2 version.
And more so, would people buy them knowing these games will work on Switch 2.
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Smyths are quite good for picking up the console from as well.
Amazon, i've had some friends who've had issues with Amazon not delivering pre-ordered games on day of release.
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Jeez, there's Dirty Dom heat. Then there's the heat Hogan had during his sporadic appearance.
People just didn't want to see him at all.
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I had cancelled mine back in July/August for financial reasons, but never closed my account. So getting December for free is a nice bonus (i honestly don't think i should get it, but i'm not complaining).
Waiting for the inevitable Netflix price increase next year to pay for this
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On 12/2/2024 at 11:51 AM, Hero-of-Time said:
You Jacknapes on Era? If so, I see you snapped a Portal up recently. Is it working well for you?
Shhh, don't tell everyone i scour Era 🤪
It's working very well. Completly forget that my monitor automatically goes on when the PS5 switches on, so the Mrs was wondering why Tetris Effect was playing itself when she walked past my games room/office. Quite like that the Pulse Elite headset works on it without a dongle, thanks to the new wireless settings within.
The touchpad is the screen now, one touch pad either side of the left/right sticks.
Cloud gaming on it works very well, which is the main reason i got one. Remote play wasn't a selling point, and i said to myself i'd get one if they put Cloud gaming on. My internet is quite fast, so i get a good connection and get little to no latency on it.
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Same, got the 30% discount in the sale. Was going to get a cheap ShopTo/CD Keys voucher to purchase a year prior to seeing the 30% discount
Makes sense keeping Premium, they added Cloud gaming to the Portal. Comes in use when i'm downstairs.
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Just saw something. UK subscribers to the WWE Network get December for free, they've cancelled all subscriptions for this month ready for shutdown in January.
Make the most of it i say.
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Gears of War: Reloaded (26th August 2025)
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