Jimbob Posted September 11, 2018 Posted September 11, 2018 Had an email through from PayPal saying a refund was issued for £15.99 from Sony Computer Entertainment (i purchased the Spider-Man DLC content on Friday). Had a check on PayPal, and a refund was issued to me. So, have just got off the phone from PlayStation support who said it's weird why this has happened, they never ruled out it's their issue or PayPal's issue. But i might get a banned account, which will be lifted as this isn't a fault of my own.
Ashley Posted September 11, 2018 Posted September 11, 2018 4 hours ago, Shorty said: Are you on a Pro? My PS4 fans also go kinda crazy playing any HDR game to be honest. I have not considered cleaning it, I'm just chalking it up to the intensive processes. I just put headphones on Might just try swapping the hdmi cable to see if the dimming problem goes away? Nah an original. I got it with Destiny which was I think...9 months into it? Not tried swapping the HDMI cable, will give that a try at some point cheers. 3 hours ago, Daft said: I used compressed air to clear out my Pro when I got God of War, it sounded distressed. Afterward it would still rev up occasionally (usually during cutscenes) but it's so much quieter now. Shame I can't easily steal this now! Hopefully just cleaning around the edges (a lot of dust did come out) will have done it, but not used my PS4 since.
Ganepark32 Posted September 11, 2018 Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition is set to release on PS4 on September 25th. Includes all 4 expansions that have been released so far and comes with a 20% discount for pre-ordering (making it £9.27, down from £11.59). Not sure I'll triple dip for it, even though it is a fantastic game, but great news for anyone who hasn't played it on PC or on Switch yet. Edited September 11, 2018 by Ganepark32
Julius Posted September 15, 2018 Posted September 15, 2018 Not too surprising, given that Kaz Hirai has mentioned wanting something to this effect in place before he steps down from Sony.
Julius Posted September 18, 2018 Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) PlayStation’s Tokyo Game Show Lineup has been revealed (note that times below are JST, and therefore BST+8): Quote ■ Lineup All titles are sorted alphabetically by publisher. PlayStation VR Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (Bandai Namco) – Playable, Trailer Beat Saber (Beat Games) – Playable, Trailer Tetris Effect (Enhance Games) – Playable, Trailer Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories (Granzella) – Playable, Trailer Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash! (G-rounding, Inc.) – Playable, Trailer Astro Bot: Rescue Mission (SIE) – Playable, Trailer Deracine (SIE) – Playable, Trailer Everybody’s Golf VR (SIE) – Playable, Trailer Kill-X (SIE) – Trailer Theater Room VR (SIE) – Playable Ryan Marks: Revenge Mission (SIE) – Playable, Trailer Final Assault (Smilegate Entertainment / Phase Lock Interactive) – Playable, Trailer Focus on You (Smilegate Entertainment) – Trailer Kingdom Hearts: VR Experience (Square Enix) – Trailer Dark Eclipse (Sunsoft) – Playable, Trailer PlayStation 4 Caravan Stories (Aiming) – Trailer Kill la Kill the Game: IF (Arc System Work) – Trailer Catherine: Full Body (Atlus) – Playable, Trailer (also on PS Vita) Utawarerumono Zan (Aquaplus) – Trailer Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (Bandai Namco) – Playable, Trailer Digimon Survive (Bandai Namco) – Trailer God Eater 3 (Bandai Namco) – Playable, Trailer Jump Force (Bandai Namco) – Playable, Trailer One Piece: World Seeker (Bandai Namco) – Playable, Trailer Soulcalibur VI (Bandai Namco) – Trailer Tokyo Ghoul: re Call to Exist (Bandai Namco) – Trailer Fallout 76 (Bethesda Softworks) – Trailer Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Collection (Capcom) – Trailer Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom) – Playable, Trailer Mega Man 11 (Capcom) – Trailer Onimusha: Warlords (Capcom) – Trailer Resident Evil 2 (Capcom) – Playable, Trailer Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection (Capcom) – Trailer Varnir of the Dragon Star: Ecdysis of the Dragon (Compile Heart) – Trailer Project Awakening (Cygames) – Trailer Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain (D3 Publisher) – Playable, Trailer Anthem (Electronic Arts) – Trailer Battlefield V (Electronic Arts) – Trailer FIFA 19 (Electronic Arts) – Playable, Trailer Fortnite (Epic Games) – Playable, Trailer Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software) – Playable, Trailer Crystar (FuRyu) – Trailer Dogfighter: World War 2 (Iggymob) – Trailer Gungrave G.O.R.E. (Iggymob) – Trailer LoveR (Kadokawa Games) – Trailer Root Letter: Last Answer (Kadokawa Games) – Trailer (also on PS Vita) RPG Maker MV (Kadokawa Games) – Trailer Dead or Alive 6 (Koei Tecmo) – Playable, Trailer Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World (Koei Tecmo) – Trailer Warriors Orochi 4 (Koei Tecmo) – Playable, Trailer Knives Out (NetEase Games) – Trailer The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV ~The End of Saga~ (Nihon Falcom) – Trailer Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) – Trailer Project Judge (Sega) – Playable, Trailer Shenmue I & II (Sega) – Trailer Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (SIE) – Playable, Trailer Concrete Genie (SIE) – Trailer Days Gone (SIE) – Playable, Trailer Death Stranding (SIE) – Trailer Dreams (SIE) – Trailer Ghost of Tsushima (SIE) – Trailer Monkey King: Hero is Back (SIE) – Trailer Samurai Shodown (SNK) – Trailer Conception Plus: Ore no Kodomo wo Undekure! (Spike Chunsoft) – Trailer Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix) – Playable, Trailer Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Remastered (Square Enix) – Trailer Just Cause 4 (Square Enix) – Trailer Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix) – Playable, Trailer The Last Remnant Remastered (Square Enix) – Trailer Left Alive (Square Enix) – Trailer Million Arthur: Arcana Blood (Square Enix) – Trailer World of Final Fantasy Maxima (Square Enix) – Trailer Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft) – Trailer The Division 2 (Ubisoft) – Trailer Skull & Bones (Ubisoft) – Trailer Deemo Reborn (Unties) – Trailer Hitman 2 (Warner Bros. Japan) – Trailer ■ Stage Schedule September 20 (YouTube) 11:00 to 12:00 – Dreams – Using the game creation tool Dreams, Media Molecule staff creates an original game for ths “play on the spot” game creative live stage. Featuring MC Hatsune Matsushima, and guests Abbie Heppe (Media Molecule community manager), Kei Urano (SIE Japan Studio localization producer), and Natsuna Watanabe. 12:40 to 13:40 – PlayStation Network – A girls talk featuring guests Shiina Natsukawa and Asaka with Hatsune Matsushima. The theme is “Our PlayStation Network Life.” At the end, Asaka will perform a PlayStation Video Anime Special Medley Concert. Featuring MC Hatsune Matsushima, and guests Shiina Natsukawa and Asaka. 14:20 to 15:20 – Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII – A specialist introduction to Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII by pro gamers. Featuring MC Hatsune Matsushima, live streamer k4sen, and commentators Noriaki Suzuki and four pro gamers. 16:00 to 16:40 – Days Gone – An introduction of the open-world survival action game Days Gone through gameplay with the developers, who have come to Japan from America. Featuring MC Shuu Maruyama, and guests Christopher Reese (Bend Studio studio director), John Gavin (Bend Studio creative director), Jeff Ross (Bend Studio game director, and Kei Urano (SIE Japan Studio localization producer). September 22 11:00 to 11:40 – Resident Evil 2 – An overview of the highlights of the survival horror remake Resident Evil 2. Featuring MC Shuu Maruyama, and guests Yoshiaki Hirabayashi (Capcom producer) and Tsuyoshi Kanda (Capcom producer). 12:00 to 13:00 – e-Sports X Blue Stage Live Relay: Fortnite – An online battle from the PlayStation stage on the e-Sports X Blue stage. Which pro players will survive in this 100-player battle royale? Featuring MC Shuu Maruyama. 13:40 to 14:20 – God Eater 3 – An introduction to God Eater 3, the first numbered title in the God Eater series in over five years. Featuring MC Shuu Maruyama, and guests Yusuke Tomizawa (Bandai Namco Entertainment IP general producer), Yuuya Tomiyama (Bandai Namco Entertainment producer), Hiroshi Yoshimura (Bandai Namco Studio general director), Ittetsu Suzuki (Marvelous development director), and Shun’ichi Toki (Zeke Pennywort voice actor). 15:00 to 16:00 – e-Sports X Blue Stage Live Relay: Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII – A digest of the Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII Competition grand finals on the e-Sports X Blue Stage. Featuring MC Shuu Maruyama, guest Hatsune Matsushima, and four winning teams. 16:10 to 16:50 – Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – An introduction to the upcoming action adventure game from From Software, including its thrilling weapons and various actions enabled by the protagonist’s prosthetic ninja arm. Featuring MC Shuu Maruyama, and guests Yasuhiro Kitao (From Software) and Robert Conkey (Activision). September 23 11:00 to 11:40 – Project Judge – Special demo gameplay of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s new legal suspense game Project Judge from the PlayStation booth, as well as an introduction to the game’s highly dramatic nature and cast. Featuring MC Hatsune Matsushima, and guests Toshihiro Nagoshi (Sega Games general director) and Kazuki Hosokawa (Sega Games producer). 12:00 to 12:40 – Warriors Orochi 4 – Gameplay with the voice actors behind new character Athena together with Pile for the latest entry in the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors series crossover game. Featuring MC Hatsune Matsushima, and guests Masaki Furusawa (Koei Tecmo Games producer), Suzuko Mimori, and Pile. 13:00 to 13:40 – Kingdom Hearts III – An introduction to the world of Kingdom Hearts III, in which Toy Story, Big Hero 6, Frozen, and more appears as new worlds. Featuring MC Hatsune Matsushima, and guests Tai Yasue (Square Enix co-director) and Kanata Hongou. 14:00 to 14:50 – Let’s Play SIE WWS Titles with Shuhei Yoshida! – Gameplay and discussion with Shuhei Yoshida and development staff with hard to come by information and more. Featuring MC Hatsune Matsushima, reporter Shuu Maruyama, and guests Shuhei Yoshida (SIE Worldwide Studios) and the staff of Ghost of Tsushima, Deracine, and Everybody’s Golf VR. 15:30 to 16:40 – Death Stranding – Hideo Kojima returns to Tokyo Game Show after two years. Furthermore, he has come with the Japanese cast of Death Stranding. An introduction to Death Stranding, character casting details, behind the scenes stories, and then after that… this will be a event loaded with information you can only hear at Tokyo Game Show. Featuring MC Yuki Iwai (Haraichi), guests Hideo Kojima, Akio Ootsuka, Kikuko Inoue, Kenjiro Tsuda, Satoshi Mikami, and Nana Mizuki. That 70 minute slot for Death Stranding to bring an end to their presence at the show on the 23rd is obviously the thing that catches the eye most. “And then after that...” — are we about to get our first gameplay demonstration? Edited September 18, 2018 by Julius Caesar
Hero-of-Time Posted September 20, 2018 Posted September 20, 2018 PS Now changing for the better! Quote We are excited to announce that starting today, you will be able to stream as well as download PlayStation Now games to your PS4 system so that you can play both locally and offline, all with a single subscription. Almost all PS4 games in the service, including Bloodborne, God of War 3 Remastered, NBA 2K16, Payday 2 Crimewave Edition and Until Dawn, will be available for download, in addition to the PS Now lineup of classic PS2 games remastered for PS4. 2
drahkon Posted September 20, 2018 Posted September 20, 2018 No PS3 games, though? This is the one thing that could make me buy a subscription.
Hero-of-Time Posted September 20, 2018 Posted September 20, 2018 Just now, drahkon said: No PS3 games, though? This is the one thing that could make me buy a subscription. Not yet but if they can get those up and running then it will be amazing. As it stands, it's essentially a great way to rent and play PS4 games.
drahkon Posted September 20, 2018 Posted September 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said: Not yet but if they can get those up and running then it will be amazing. Not holding my breath for that on PS4. Maybe something for PS5. Quote As it stands, it's essentially a great way to rent and play PS4 games. Indeed. For me it's useless, though. Just looked at the list of games and every game I'm interested in I already own/I've already played.
Hero-of-Time Posted September 20, 2018 Posted September 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, drahkon said: For me it's useless, though. Just looked at the list of games and every game I'm interested in I already own/I've already played. Im in the same boat but it's great for those who don't buy many games throughout the year. You gotta imagine that the Xbox Gamepass has forced Sony's hand to do this. It's still not at the level of that service but it's certainly a step in the right direction.
drahkon Posted September 20, 2018 Posted September 20, 2018 Just now, Hero-of-Time said: You gotta imagine that the Xbox Gamepass has forced Sony's hand to do this. It's still not at the level of that service but it's certainly a step in the right direction. Indeed. Gotta love the competition. Gamers everywhere benefit eventually. BUT BOOOHHHHH ON SONY FOR STEALING ANOTHER IDEA. 1 1
Ganepark32 Posted September 25, 2018 Posted September 25, 2018 Saw the trailer for this at the weekend when checking out what indie games were coming out in the next couple of weeks and it became an instant buy after seeing it in action. There's only a handful of reviews out but they're all positive about the game, pointing out the similarities to Symphony of the Night and Chrono Trigger but saying it makes it's own case in the metroidvania genre. It also looks fantastic and the soundtrack is great too. It's out today on PS4 and PS Vita and it's crossbuy (sadly not cross save as the dev has admitted screwing up his planning and wasn't able to get it in on time). Got it downloaded so looking forward to giving it a go later. And if anyone is interested in a simple puzzle game with a good mechanic (and an easy platinum for trophy hunters), I recommend giving The Gardens Between a go. Really simple mechanic if fast forwarding/rewinding through levels and manipulating environments go progress, with some really nice touches on the gameplay front. Again, it's got a really nice chilled soundtrack to go with it and a nice story running through it too. It'll only run you a few hours, maybe 2 to 3, but I thought it was a really nice game and a nice change of pace from all the big hitter releases at the moment. There's a 20% discount until the 4th of October if anyone's interested. 1
S.C.G Posted September 25, 2018 Posted September 25, 2018 Timespinner looks nice... ...I'll wait for the Switch port and then add it to the backlog. Looks good though.
Julius Posted September 28, 2018 Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) Shawn Layden has confirmed that PSX will not be held this year in the PlayStation Blogcast. Quote For 2018, I know this is going to be a disappointment to some people, but we decided to not hold PlayStation Experience this year. We won't have it in the States this year. The reasons behind that really are we don't have...we have a lot of progress that we're making on our games...Now that we have Spider-Man out the door, we're looking down into 2019 games like Dreams and Days Gone. But we wouldn't have enough to bring people all together in some location North America to have that event. We don't want to set expectations really high and then not deliver on that. It was a hard decision, but we have determined that this year we will not hold PlayStation Experience. So, it sounds like the focus on PS4 game development is slowing down, seeing as they don’t have enough to bring to PSX to warrant staging it, which would be smart, considering the reaction to last year’s event: the PlayStation WeSitDown&YouWatchUsTalk Experience. PS5 inbound? Edited September 28, 2018 by Julius Caesar
Ronnie Posted September 28, 2018 Posted September 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Julius Caesar said: So, it sounds like the focus on PS4 game development is slowing down [...] PS5 inbound? To be honest I think that was obvious at this year's E3. We'd been seeing the same games over and over and the fact that there wasn't much new this June really points to these being the last big PS4 games coming out.
Julius Posted October 4, 2018 Posted October 4, 2018 Numerous development sources have informed Kotaku that they’re preparing for PSN name changes.
Shorty Posted October 5, 2018 Posted October 5, 2018 On the other hand I heard rumours before that, suggesting that the change will potentially wipe everything from your account except PS4 purchases. So, trophies, PS3 games, etc etc. it's almost akin to making a new account. If that's true, it's basically pointless.
Julius Posted October 5, 2018 Posted October 5, 2018 31 minutes ago, Shorty said: On the other hand I heard rumours before that, suggesting that the change will potentially wipe everything from your account except PS4 purchases. So, trophies, PS3 games, etc etc. it's almost akin to making a new account. If that's true, it's basically pointless. I think I read similar, basically that the setup that they had for PS3 wasn’t designed for changes such as this and that if it wasn’t sorted then that would be the only solution, and the problem is that, because the PS4 setup is built on top of the pre-existing PS3 code, going back to an earlier point in the code (i.e. the PS3 user ID) and changing the username would have the ripple effect that a lot of stuff further down in the code could be lost as a result. However, I don’t see them offering that specific solution just because, as you say, it would be pretty much pointless. I have to imagine that they’ve figured out some sort of solution which isn’t going to tick many of their consumers off.
James Posted October 5, 2018 Posted October 5, 2018 I still can't believe it's because the primary key in the DB was the username and not a user id. So everything else is linked to the username and not a unique ID. It's like the first thing your learn in database design, dont do that. 1
Ronnie Posted October 6, 2018 Posted October 6, 2018 4 hours ago, James said: I still can't believe it's because the primary key in the DB was the username and not a user id. So everything else is linked to the username and not a unique ID. It's like the first thing your learn in database design, dont do that. Crazy. Nintendo get grief for friend codes but at least you can change your Switch online name whenever you want.
Ashley Posted October 6, 2018 Posted October 6, 2018 12 hours ago, James said: I still can't believe it's because the primary key in the DB was the username and not a user id. So everything else is linked to the username and not a unique ID. It's like the first thing your learn in database design, dont do that. But then surely they can go through a ball ache of a process to move everyone to a unique primary key that's not their username and then open it up? I know that would need to happen and all affected services would need to be updated too so it'll be a hell of an undertaking, but why not build a new system for PS5 at this stage?
Ike Posted October 6, 2018 Posted October 6, 2018 14 hours ago, James said: I still can't believe it's because the primary key in the DB was the username and not a user id. So everything else is linked to the username and not a unique ID. It's like the first thing your learn in database design, dont do that. Considering Sony's terrible security, for lack of, back then, I'm not that surprised.
Shorty Posted October 7, 2018 Posted October 7, 2018 On 05/10/2018 at 9:10 PM, James said: I still can't believe it's because the primary key in the DB was the username and not a user id. So everything else is linked to the username and not a unique ID. It's like the first thing your learn in database design, dont do that. Where did you hear this? It doesn’t seem very likely... and if it was true it would be something you could solve very easily.
Julius Posted October 7, 2018 Posted October 7, 2018 (edited) Gearnuke is reporting on a rumour that the PS5 will not only be backwards compatible with PS4 games, but with PS1, PS2, and PS3 games too. The recently updated patent which sparked these rumours is described as follows: Quote Each asset such as a texture called for by legacy software such as a legacy computer game software has a unique identifier associated with it. The unique identifier can be rendered by imposing a hash on the asset, and then the asset stored with its identifier in a data structure. An artist remasters the textures for presentation on a higher resolution display than envisioned in the original software, and stores them back in the data structure with their identifiers. The original software is then played on the higher resolution display, with asset (such as texture) calls being intercepted, identified, and the data structure entered to retrieve the remastered asset having a matching identifier. The remastered asset is then inserted on the fly into the game presentation. I think that many of us will agree that Xbox’s backwards compatibility is one of only a few things that Xbox objectively has done better than PlayStation this generation with the Xbox One, so this would be huge. Though, is it me, or does the patent read more like a virtual console/Xbox One X visual enhancement type of thing? Edited October 7, 2018 by Julius Caesar
dwarf Posted October 7, 2018 Posted October 7, 2018 What games are people most hyped to play from now til new year? For me it's Red Dead and Battlefield - love having the option of switching between a campaign-driven game and a multiplayer behemoth. All itches scratched - get bored of one, start up the other.
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