Julius Posted February 9 Posted February 9 All PS+ members will be getting 5 days of additional service tacked on:
Julius Posted February 13 Posted February 13 Sony's quarterly earnings report came out this morning for the quarter ending December 31st 2024 – and PlayStation 5 is performing spectacularly. • 75 million units sold LTD, now just 1.5 million units behind PS4 when launch-aligned. • second best Q3/quarter for PlayStation of all-time in terms of console unit sales – 9.5m (best was PS4 in Q3 2016, during which the Pro and Slim were released). • emphasis placed on diversifying line-up with more family and live-service games, with the success of Astro Bot and Helldivers II highlighted specifically in this slide: • record Q3 revenues and operating profits. • 42% of PS5s sold in the quarter were to new users. • PS5 shipped 20.2 million units in 2024, meaning 20+ million units shipped for two years consecutively. PS4 peaked with calendar year shipments of 19.5 million units in 2016. Curious about those new users – got to imagine it's a combination of Xbox owners coming over and the runaway breakout success of games like Stellar Blade and Black Myth: Wukong in the emerging East Asian markets? Infinity Nikki, too, no doubt. Done all this while having a relatively tepid year in terms of first-party line-up last year...and GTA VI (along with all that lovely GTA Online money) is still to come. If it releases this Fall as they're saying it will, then there's no doubt in my mind that PlayStation are going to have a new record for number of consoles sold in a single quarter, will overtake the PS4 lifetime sales when launch-aligned at long last, and I imagine will pass the 100 million mark for PS5s sold when reporting next year's EOY financials (for the FY ending 31st March 2026). Wild. Yōtei is going to move a good number of units too! Also – that Astro Bot call out! Relegated into the back pages if it was present at all, and now it's the poster child for wanting to diversify their line-up of games, specifically shouting out more family games. Exactly the reaction I wanted to see following it's success – do they have time to bring that aim to life by the end of the PS5's life, I wonder?
Happenstance Posted February 16 Posted February 16 Started messing with PS5 Remote Play now I've had my internet and routers upgraded. Interesting that the 3rd party remote play apps seem to work much better than the official one. Looking forward to my Odin 2 Portal handheld arriving so I can use it with a nice sized device. 1
Julius Posted February 16 Posted February 16 According to Jeff Grubb, PlayStation are considering whether their event for the summer should be a State of Play or Showcase. Quote Internally it sounds like they're debating, flapping between, maybe making something this summer a full showcase versus another State of Play. But they are considering a showcase. Makes sense to me, feels like they're at the point where there's a lot to show/reveal. Saros is set for 2026; Wolverine, according to the Insomniac leaks, was set for 2026; Venom was set for 2025 according to those same leaks (less than 6 months between launch like Miles in 2020 for a spin-off seems right if it's still a thing and still aiming for 2025? A lot of if's there ); Ghost of Yōtei is still waiting on its release date to be announced but is set for release this year, and surely we'll know what Rockstar's plans are for GTA VI by the time this event rolls around, so GoY will be due a blowout; there are all the GAAS titles they've got lined up (Marathon, Fairgame$, Convallaria), one will surely get its due; then there's Intergalactic, which I think could realistically be aiming for 2026*, just based on how Naughty Dog and Druckmann have talked at length about how they regretted showing The Last of Us Part II early, and even regretted the E3 demo, which was shown only 2 years before release – I do think they were smart not to throw a year on that trailer, though, just to set expectations and in case things slide. It feels like their summer event could easily be propped up to be like PlayStation's E3 2018 showing, which was a blowout for the big titles we'd see between then and the PS4 winding down in 2020 – The Last of Us Part II, Death Stranding, Ghost of Tsushima, etc. Not that I'm expecting a Showcase, honestly, but personally, I'd much rather see a blowout than this pace of tacking on just the one PS Studios title at the end of each, because inevitably that won't happen and people will be very vocal about it AND I think a blowout event this summer tied with potential price drops this Black Friday/Christmas season and the launch of GTA VI would completely blow the lid off PS5 sales. Oh, and there's potential Cory Barlog's next game, too. The * for Intergalactic is I think that game has to be 2026 so that it doesn't rub up against and clash with Barlog's game, which I think would then come in 2027, a d I guess is when we assume the PS6 launches unless COVID is actually taken into account and they aim for 2028 instead? ANYWAYS Grubb is also saying he's heard Fairgame$ will be 2026 Quote If you were hoping to potentially see Fairgame$, the previously announced live-service heist game, then think again. That's because, according to reliable insider Jeff Grubb, Fairgame$ has been pushed back to 2026. In his Game Mess Decides podcast, Grubb responded to multiple fans inquiring about the Haven Studios-led project. "No Fairgame$ this year," Grubb said. "Fairgame$, as far as I'm aware, has been pushed to 2026." k thx bye
Happenstance Posted February 22 Posted February 22 Been testing the Portal this morning and seems to work perfectly on the local network, not really noticing any lag. I'll test it over 4g/5g next time I go somewhere with a better signal than around here. I've reserved my PS5s IP address and opened up all the recommended ports so everything should be good to go.
Hero-of-Time Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago Quote Gears of War is almost certainly set to make its PS5 debut this year, with multiple rumourmongers claiming some kind of remastered trilogy will be announced for Sony’s system this summer. However, there could be a catch: it may be missing competitive multiplayer. Writing on X (or Twitter), a snoopster named DetectiveSeeds claimed the rumoured collection has already been loaded onto the PS Store with a mid-August release date. The sneak said it’ll be PS5 Pro enhanced but will have no PvP multiplayer modes. Unable to verify the source, we initially shrugged this story off, but connected Windows Central scribe Jez Corden has since added fuel to the fire, saying he has also heard there’ll be no multiplayer. Disappointing, if true. Gears multiplayer was an absolute blast and completely unique, even to this day. They should at least bring back Horde mode. On the plus side, if there's no multiplayer mode that also means there shouldn't be a SERIOUSLY achievement/trophy in this version of the game. Those things were brutal. 1
drahkon Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago I remember playing/trying Gears of War back in the days and hated it. Maybe co-op with a mate might be the way to go. Don't care about PvP
Hero-of-Time Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 15 minutes ago, drahkon said: I remember playing/trying Gears of War back in the days and hated it. Maybe co-op with a mate might be the way to go. Don't care about PvP It had a very steep learning curve. I know a lot of people didn't care for it.
drahkon Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 10 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said: It had a very steep learning curve. I know a lot of people didn't care for it. I played halfway through the first game's campaign and just thought it was bland. Didn't really care for anything that was happening. Maybe now I'm more into the violence, though. Seems like a good outlet given my intense aversion to what's happening in the world these days 2
bob Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago GoW co-op was great. We played through all the main games in co-op mode, and they were fantastic (once you got used to controlling people the size and manoeuvrability of tanks). I never played the multiplayer though. 1 1
Julius Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago (edited) An official PS5 rental service is coming to the UK – link to the service on PS Direct. Per Eurogamer: Quote You can now lease a PS5, along with the likes of a PS VR2 set and Sony's handheld remote player PlayStation Portal, here in the UK. This leasing service debuted in Japan, and quickly became a hit. As Ed reported this morning, GEO's PS5 rental service in Japan is fully booked across its 400 stores nationwide. It's been a monster (hunter) success, you could say. And now, it is our turn. Sony's PS Direct UK website lets you rent a digital-only PS5 for £11/month, or a PS5 with a disc drive for £12/month. Stump up £19/month and you can rent a PS5 Pro. If you want a PS VR2, it's £18.50/month - or £20/month if you want access to Horizon: Call of the Mountain too. PlayStation Portal is £6.50/month. @bob I was gutted reading about your experience with Spider-Man 2 on PC – this might be of interest to you as another means to play the game, rather than shelling out for a PS5 in its entirety? Edited 1 hour ago by Julius 1
killthenet Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago The leasing service seems pretty good if you want to test out the PS Portal for a month and see how it works for yourself (£13.99 for one month) but some of the devices are pretty expensive if you go for a single month rental. I would be interested in trying out a PSVR 2 but £52 for a month seems pretty steep, and the longer leases for things like the PS5 Pro don't exactly offer great value (if you opt for a 36 month lease the Pro over £680) but I suppose you're probably covered for replacements for the length of your contract
bob Posted 53 minutes ago Posted 53 minutes ago 38 minutes ago, Julius said: An official PS5 rental service is coming to the UK – link to the service on PS Direct. Per Eurogamer: @bob I was gutted reading about your experience with Spider-Man 2 on PC – this might be of interest to you as another means to play the game, rather than shelling out for a PS5 in its entirety? This is an interesting idea - do you rent the games too? Or would i need to buy games for a console I don't own? I'm not sure it would save me money in the long run though - at the rate I finish games, i'd have spent the equivalent of a full PS5 by the time i complete SM2!
Dcubed Posted 25 minutes ago Author Posted 25 minutes ago 45 minutes ago, killthenet said: The leasing service seems pretty good if you want to test out the PS Portal for a month and see how it works for yourself (£13.99 for one month) but some of the devices are pretty expensive if you go for a single month rental. I would be interested in trying out a PSVR 2 but £52 for a month seems pretty steep, and the longer leases for things like the PS5 Pro don't exactly offer great value (if you opt for a 36 month lease the Pro over £680) but I suppose you're probably covered for replacements for the length of your contract Honestly? The price for a PS5 rental aint that bad since PS6 will likely be out before you end up paying the full price of the console.
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