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@Cube if you're willing to spend an extra 100 quid you can get a very nice 60 inch one at Argos, that's well reviewed. I have an OLED TV from LG and i can tell you their interface OS is really nice, especially when selecting apps like Netflix.

Can't wait for next Thursday now. The console and controller does sound pretty incredible, I can see it doing really well. They built up some really good exclusives and good will during the PS4's life and PS5 looks set to be a continuation of that. The vast reduction of load times is something that's long overdue, I feel like it's going to make last gen feel archaic in that sense. I might see to selling my PS4 Pro now...seems like you can get around 200 quid for it on eBay and there doesn't seem to be any reason to keep it now.

Congrats! Prepare for exhaustion. [emoji14] Ours is 9 months old and such a character now. Are you allowed in to the ward to see the baby? We had our baby shortly before lockdown came in, really lucky in that sense.

As someone who got the platinum in Demon's Souls, I can tell you that this does indeed look a lot easier. Getting the pure bladestone in the original game for the trophy was bullshit.

I don't want to spoil too much but put simply, there is no combat whatsoever. Your goal is to learn and to explore and there is no game quite like it. It is an amazing game that I can't recommend enough - and a surprisingly large and open game given the small studio who made it. It was also Eurogamer's game of the year and won a bunch of awards - this isn't your average indie game. Also the studio is headed by Masi Oka (Hiro Nakamura from Heores). So that's also very cool.

Outer Wilds (also on sale) is one of the games of the generation for me - I recommend everyone check it out if they haven't already.

Nice discount on Spelunky 2 there given that it's just come out.

Hey, welcome back man! Had to double take when I saw it was you posting!

Yep! Just two and a half weeks. I have a big deadline at work that finish a day before...that Thursday is going to be one hell of a day!

Same...wonder if it's a US advert?

Obviously this shows that Bugsnax will utilise the true power of the PS5.

I think as well we have to acknowledge what incredible work has been done this gen to lead up to this point. Namely all those exclusives that people are invested in and want to carry on playing through the next generation. What we are seeing with these preorder numbers and YouTube metrics is a crazy amount of demand for this console. I think COVID has had a positive impact on this too. People are at home way more so gaming has become a much more valued hobby in that regard. I think people are also happier to pay more money for tech these days thanks to phones.

Yeah, I have an LG remote with a similar thing going on (dedicated Netflix and Prime buttons). It's very handy though so I'm not knocking it. Strange to see Disney Plus on there and not Prime.

A PS5 disc drive console from Amazon as well as a Pulse headset. The headset was a fiver off at Curries which I was pretty happy about. I have the revised Sony Gold PS4 headset (the one less likely to break) which is a bit shoddy. The microphone is worse than the original Gold headset (which I had and was great, but it wore out), and the connection with the dongle often cuts out (again, unlike the first one). Even though I've had it for nearly 2 years I'm going to see if I can get a refund from Amazon. I'm not planning on getting any games at launch since they're extortionate and will go down in price, but that could change depending on whether Cyberpunk ends up something truly special. Really, I have loads of games still to play which will benefit from PS5 right away, so I'm really looking forward to the console.

I'm also playing this game and enjoying it quite a lot. From what I understand, the game was patched a fair bit and is now a lot better for it, which may explain the review scores the game got at launch. I also noticed the trend in not calling zombies zombies in these sorts of games/TV. Not just that, but even the concept of zombies in fiction never existed in these series, to the point that everyone is utterly confused about what is happening to people when they suddenly start tearing everyone apart.

My main concern though is what will it be like when playing actual next gen games, and what it'll be like after time. The Series X/S doesn't have the holes to vacuum out dust.

Yeah, it would be real neat if there was some auto upload feature while the PS5 goes into sleep mode, that subsequently deletes the videos off the local drive after uploading (if you set it to).

I suspect that space may get filled. On the PS4 you have an activity feed for each game and updates and so on. I'm guessing it's blank now because the PS5 isn't even out yet it might be like that. Even so, I don't mind it, it puts emphasis on the background image which looks quite nice. All the extra space on screen makes it look quite clean and uncluttered. Remember though to be wary of the internet echo chamber.

Out of interest, why do you think the icons need to be bigger? On a TV they're going to be quite big at that scale, and easily readable. I think it's better to fill the screen with the stuff that stems from the icons to be honest.

Strange that you would think that, especially given that the PS5 has the fastest SSD of the new consoles by some margin.

Ah, that old fallback. It was sarcasm guys, you just didn't get it. [emoji6]

It's not really that nerdy though, is it? The OS video shows how quickly you can get into games, switch between them, and do new things like view videos in line in party chats. It's all quite cool stuff and will translate to a much smoother gaming experience, so it's no surprise that people are interested in it.

Surely that shows just how much people are looking forward to the system then, it's just a video about the UI but it's clocking 6 million views!

Yeah, one thing that is clear is how much people are looking forward to the PS5. We are in a very different situation now with COVID and people being at home more, and coming off the back of really strong first party support on the PS4...people really want the PS5 now. With the QoL improvements and backwards compatibility there's a stronger case than ever to get one at launch too. About a month now! Can't wait...

Well I can reply to that too. Musou games by design are just incredibly flawed. Tons of enemies standing around doing almost nothing, and the need to clear out bases in a formulaic fashion.