Playstation 5 Console Discussion

[drahkon]

Yes. That is Owen Wilson.

Now on PS+ Extra. Will give at a go after work

Edited November 15, 2023 by drahkon

[S.C.G]

Just in case anyone here was considering buying Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III digitally on the PS5... I have a brand new retail code for the game, so if you're interested, let me know.

I've also got a retail code for God of War as well somewhere...

I don't intend to play either of these games, though if I did, I'd consider buying a boxed copy.

Anyway... just in case they are of interest.

[Hero-of-Time]

You snapped yourself up a PS5, Sam?

[Happenstance]

Thinking about maybe picking up Gran Turismo 7 and Diablo IV in the black friday sale

[S.C.G]

14 hours ago, Hero-of-Time said:

You snapped yourself up a PS5, Sam?

I sure have, Adam.

But I've yet to set it up.

I've got some good games for it though.

Good to see you back on the forum.

[bob]

I really want to play Spider-Man 2 but can't reconcile buying a console to play one game!

What should I do?

[Dcubed]

1 minute ago, bob said:

I really want to play Spider-Man 2 but can't reconcile buying a console to play one game!

What should I do?

Wait until it comes out on PC in about a year or so?

[Hero-of-Time]

32 minutes ago, bob said:

I really want to play Spider-Man 2 but can't reconcile buying a console to play one game!

What should I do?

Steal one. 

[drahkon]

27 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said:

Steal one. 

I heard that S.C.G. has one.

[S.C.G]

1 hour ago, drahkon said:

I heard that S.C.G. has one.

Who's that?

Anyway, I have one yeah. But I bought it to play at least twenty games or more on it.

Is it worth buying a console to play one game? It depends on how much you really want to play the game.

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(Call of Duty Modern Warfare III code is still available for anyone interested, I only want to make back what I got it for, it'll be cheaper than on the PS store, that's for sure)

[Hero-of-Time]

8 hours ago, S.C.G said:

Anyway, I have one yeah. But I bought it to play at least twenty games or more on it.

What games are you looking to play on it? Good time to pick one up now as there are plenty of great games to keep you busy.

[Hero-of-Time]

It's been a crazy year for games releases and it's that time of year where I go a little stupid in the sales and buy the games I've not yet played.

It's nuts that I've still yet to play Ragnarok. Even crazier is that it's taken this long to drop to a decent price. Now watch it be added as part of PS+ next month.

[Dcubed]

I don't know where else to put this, as we don't seem to have a thread for the Silent Hill 2 remake, but Bloober have just put out a rather bizzare Solumn JPEG out of the blue...

... I'm not sure why I'm worried but... now I'm worried lol!

Edited November 27, 2023 by Dcubed

[Julius]

Sony Interactive Entertainment have today announced a strategic partnership with NCSOFT. 

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NCSOFT, a global premier developer and publisher, today announced that it has signed a strategic global business partnership with Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE).

The two companies' CEOs – Taekjin Kim of NCSOFT and Jim Ryan of SIE – have met and jointly signed the partnership.

Under this partnership, NCSOFT and SIE will collaborate in various global business fields, including mobile.

The two companies are evaluating a range of potential opportunities with an aim to foster strategic synergy, leveraging NCSOFT's technological prowess and SIE's global leadership in the entertainment field.

"This partnership with SIE is the beginning of our efforts to build various synergies together, utilizing both companies' core competencies, technological capabilities, and expertise," said Taekjin Kim, President and CEO at NCSOFT. He added, "We will deliver a new and enjoyable experience to our audience across and beyond genres and regions."

"Partnering with NCSOFT advances our strategy to expand beyond console and broaden PlayStation's reach to a wider audience," said Jim Ryan, President and CEO, SIE. "Like SIE, NCSOFT shares a similar vision in creating high-quality, impactful entertainment experiences for players everywhere, and together we're excited to collaborate to push the boundaries of gaming further."

If you're not sure who NCSOFT are, they're the South Korean developer and publisher behind games like Lineage and Guild Wars; yep, this is one of those South Korean MMORPG specialist companies. And yep, that's definitely why they've struck up a deal with Sony. 

If you'll remember, there were rumours around this time last year that NCSOFT were working on a Horizon MMO (original source is in Korean so have linked to IGN for ease), so I guess this is more or less a case of making that partnership and those plans official. I've got to imagine we'll hear something about this sooner rather than later (by the end of next summer, surely?), because this seems to be one of the rare instances where progress is being made on one of their GaaS titles, following the recent announcement during their most recent earnings report where they said that they have delayed half (6 of 12) of their GaaS titles that were in the works. 

What a weird time it is, I find, to be a PS5 owner waiting on first party projects. We did have the announcement the other day that Stellar Blade dev Shift Up has been made second party, but yeah, I really think PlayStation are being carried hard by third party at this particular moment. Hope that changes soon. 

And this totally isn't me goading them on to announce something awesome and first party and single player at an upcoming event 

On 11/27/2023 at 12:07 PM, Dcubed said:

I don't know where else to put this, as we don't seem to have a thread for the Silent Hill 2 remake, but Bloober have just put out a rather bizzare Solumn JPEG out of the blue...

... I'm not sure why I'm worried but... now I'm worried lol!

I thought this was hilarious when I read it the other day  like 

no-one:

absolutely no-one:

Bloober: DON'T WORRY GUYS IT'S STILL COOKING PLEASE DON'T LOOK IN THE KITCHEN noseriouslyplease

Edited November 28, 2023 by Julius

[Hero-of-Time]

Yeah, this goes hand in hand with the direction Jim was wanting to go in. I still often wonder how different things would have been had Shawn Layden not have left/beenforced out. Sony certainly aren't the same since he left. Their communication and messaging sucks compared to last generation.

[Julius]

59 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said:

Yeah, this goes hand in hand with the direction Jim was wanting to go in. I still often wonder how different things would have been had Shawn Layden not have left/beenforced out. Sony certainly aren't the same since he left. Their communication and messaging sucks compared to last generation.

Oh man, I stumbled across his E3 2014 speech (I think it was..?) again the other day in my YouTube recommended (couldn't find a short enough clip so here's the tweet, think I posted it around the time of the TLOU Part I leaks actually) and he nearly got me to buy Vib-Ribbon nearly a decade removed  

I absolutely agree, though. The thing is, when PlayStation do put out first party, single player stuff still? Generally, when I get to it, I love it! But the volume of first party output just isn't there right now and their direction seems so misaligned from what made the PS4 a rousing success with both it's hardware and software. 

I was actually revisiting some notes I update occasionally with my list of favourite games, and try and I might through the years to get to 10, I've still only landed on a really solid 7 games I'd without hesitation call my favourite of all-time. 2 of those were co-developed by Japan Studio! It just hurts at this point  where's that Astro game, damn it! 

So much of Sony just feels dishonest and such a mess right now now thanks to their lack of/poor communication – look no further than Naughty Dog, though, and I think the problems they've had with Factions could and should have been communicated so much better. Did XIV, or No Man's Sky, or any other game that's turned it around do a poor job of communicating what was going on? Maybe, up until the point they decided to fix the problems and engage with their community. Some might say it's not officially announced but I mean they were bringing concept art up on stage every few years and talking about it in interviews? I really think if that game's going to have any success it needs to be built with the community through early access and the like, yet they refuse to do that. But then Part II Remastered gets the Lost Levels treatment? The messaging is just so jarring! 

It's crazy to me that we're 3 years into this gen and I'm still playing PS4 games on my PS5 most of the time, even more so if we consider that the PS5 games I do buy often have PS4 versions (I just want the new cases if they released after the PS5 ). There's trying to avoid announcing things too early and then there's only having two upcoming first party games left to show off (Helldivers II and Wolverine). 

If SIE do continue to go this route, I sincerely hope that third party (as they have been) and the growing industries in China and South Korea pick up the the potential quality single-player slack 

Edited November 28, 2023 by Julius

[Hero-of-Time]

Yeah, Shawn was something special. He often warned (still does) about the ballooning cost of the AAA space. He was very much about pushing the smaller titles into focus and not relying on the blockbusters to do all the heavy lifting.

I'm the same when it comes to playing PS4 games. That's probably due to the massive backlog I have thanks to being so many titles on the thing that I want to play. There are very few PS5 games that I own that are exclusive to that console. I mean, just look at the games I bought recently. There's only 1 out of them all that is exclusive on the PS5. The rest can be bought on PS4 as well.

The whole crossgen stuff has gone on for a ridiculously long time. I sure hope that the next Nintendo console doesn't suffer the same fate. 

[Hero-of-Time]

I was browsing the PlayStation store last night and checked the featured deals section that was highlighting Indie games. Whilst scrolling down I noticed that the Nexomon bundle was showing up as free. I figured this was because I had bought and played the first game last year and that would be the one I could download. Nope. For some reason I was able to download the sequel for nothing! 

Chuffed to bits with this as I loved the first game and was eventually going to get around to purchasing the sequel. No idea why is occurred but free is free.  

[Happenstance]

Debating between Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart and Sonic Superstars in the sale. Ratchet & Clank looks great but I've always been very hit and miss on the series, sometimes I love the games and others I just can't get into. As for Sonic I'm kind of just in the mood for a new Sonic game.

[Hero-of-Time]

1 minute ago, Happenstance said:

Debating between Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart and Sonic Superstars in the sale. Ratchet & Clank looks great but I've always been very hit and miss on the series, sometimes I love the games and others I just can't get into. As for Sonic I'm kind of just in the mood for a new Sonic game.

I'd go with Ratchet and Clank but that's because I love those games. I'm still playing through Sonic Superstars and loving it so I could easily recommend that as well.

[Hero-of-Time]

 

 

[Hero-of-Time]

This is still one of my favourite platformers and possibly one of the best that gen offered. It's such a shame the sequels sucked. Daxter on the PSP was amazing though. Baffling that it's still not part of the PS+ retro service.

[Julius]

Jim Ryan's Thank You Party in Tokyo is being held today...

...and what's that? A going away gift that's a PS1-themed PS5 (or PSone)? With a custom PS1-styled box? And look at that USB-C connecting cover, too?! 

I wouldn't buy a PS5 Pro if one launched next year at this point, as I don't think we've got close to seeing the PS5 at full throttle. But if they release a PS1-themed PS5 Pro for the 30th anniversary next year? Yeah, I'm buying one 

Still have regrets about not picking up the 20th anniversary DualShock 4  

Edited December 7, 2023 by Julius

[drahkon]

So, @Hero-of-Time

How happy are you that Jim Ryan is leaving?

[Julius]

5 minutes ago, drahkon said:

So, @Hero-of-Time

How happy are you that Jim Ryan is leaving?

If he doesn't answer within 15 minutes, is it safe to say that H-o-T is in these photos? Was he Jim Ryan all along?!