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Just now, Dcubed said:

Sony got it right by lying to everyone about these being "next-gen" exclusive games? Sure.

I'm sure that's right from Sony's perspective at least.  Usual shady Sony tactics at work :heh:

At least Microsoft were honest.

I'm not really going to get into it too much, because I spilled a lot out on the last page, but like I said before, I'm just happy more people get to play what will be good games. Like I said, I think the messaging is very important - that my gut instinct was different here than it was when we first heard about Xbox saying a similar thing for Halo Infinite and then their other games is a big sign of the messaging being better. 

But yeah, not much else I can say. I know you weren't too hot on this going in anyways @Dcubed, but I'm happy with it and that's all I can really attest to. We don't need to see eye-to-eye, because I can understand a bit of where you're coming from, and objectively I agree. It's just that messaging for me, it's okay if you disagree. I think you're coming down a bit harsher on PlayStation than anyone here ever was on Xbox, but that could just be me misreading things. I think it was more under the "is this messaging working?" line of thinking more than anything else, but I could be wrong about that - that's where I feel I had been coming at it from, at least, but maybe I wasn't that clear myself. 

I'll leave it there. As @drahkon kind of hinted at, I don't think any of us want to get involved in a heated debate over this. 

 

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Wooo!

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It's great having no grasp of reality. You should try it sometime @Dcubed  Turns out Playstation don't buy their SSDs from Amazon.  

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Typical Sony copying Nintendo's controllers again  

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1 minute ago, DriftKaiser said:

Now we need the footage of PS5 UI and other new software features like Create soon.

Yes, this was the big thing which stood out as missing for me!

Felt letdown we didn't see it in all honesty, I'm looking forward to seeing the changes they have in store for us. I'm hoping we still end up with that hardware teardown Cerny mentioned way back in March (have my doubts seeing as it's been so long, but we'll see!), so it'd be nice if this was part of that if they do still have plans for it! 

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*sidesteps and ducks most of the posts on this page*

I got what I wanted; a price and a date. The God of War tease and the additional Demon Souls bits were the icing for me. 100% going to get one anyway, although maybe not at launch since we have to pay off a huge catering bill that month for our wedding next year. 

Spider-Miles looks like loads of fun. Pretty sure I'll just hold off on any games now and just wait to get them on PS5. 

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14 minutes ago, DriftKaiser said:

Now we need the footage of PS5 UI and other new software features like Create soon.

10 minutes ago, Julius said:

Yes, this was the big thing which stood out as missing for me!

Felt letdown we didn't see it in all honesty

It was disappointing to not see the UI.

But, I think it's actually not bad. The internet's going crazy with the PS5 pre-orders/games/other news (and Sony/PlayStation as a brand) right now. The PS5 dominates gaming news.
This will continue for one or two (maybe more, depending on if/when pre-order stock runs out) days and then there will be a little bit of silence.

And then...BAM, PS5/UI deep dive to get people hyped again :D

 

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5 minutes ago, drahkon said:

The internet's going crazy with the PS5 pre-orders/games/other news (and Sony/PlayStation as a brand) right now.

Goes on Twitter...

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Ok, so I managed to get a pre-order in at Amazon.de.

If I understand correctly, I'll have to pay once the item is dispatched. This is something the other pre-order options here in Germany don't offer. Usually you have to pay the full price immediately.

If the pre-order goes through, and I really only have to pay when the console is dispatched, I might actually keep the order and figure out a way to sell some stuff to finance the PS5.

Edit: Gamestop.de already sold out. That was quick.

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Games looking very good, looking forward to getting my hands on pretty much everything they showed.

Pre-orders not up here but hoping I manage to get one once they are available.

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Only place online pre-orders seem to be live at in the UK is GAME right now. 

Have pre-ordered the console, extra DualSense, PULSE 3D headset, and media remote (would have been the charging stand too, but sold out) from them, though would prefer to order from ShopTo with DPD 24, so will keep an eye out at least and cancel with GAME if so. Release is on a Thursday and I'll be working that day anyway (might need to book the Friday off!), so as long as it gets there before I finished I'd be happy, so I'll probably keep it!

Will likely wait on the software and charging stand to go up elsewhere. 

Has anyone had any recent experience with GAME's online pre-orders? It seems fine from what I've looked up, but would appreciate hearing any experiences others have had :) 

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1 minute ago, Eddage said:

Is the digital edition just selling out really fast or are pre-orders only available for the disc version?!

Looks like it's out of stock at Smyths

EDIT: and GAME. Damn. 

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1 minute ago, Cookyman said:

Just ordered at ShopTo.  

Do you have a link by any chance Cookyman?

All I'm finding are the 'Register Your Interest' spots :blank: 

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Pretty funny to see the usual people desperately rushing to find faults now that the price has been announced as the same as the Xbox.

As for continuing to support the PS4? Sounds pretty pro-consumer if you ask me. Can't say I'm surprised either, Sony always support the previous gen for quite a while after the new one comes out.

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5 minutes ago, Julius said:

Do you have a link by any chance Cookyman?

All I'm finding are the 'Register Your Interest' spots :blank: 

When you click on register your interest it comes up as a pre order.

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When you click on register your interest it comes up as a pre order.

I think they’ve been offering that for a while now. I never trust those kind of ones as they never know their stock allocation etc.

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Just now, Happenstance said:

I think they’ve been offering that for a while now. I never trust those kind of ones as they never know their stock allocation etc.

I've never had any trouble with Shopto in the past so I'll see how it goes. 

"what could possibly go wrong?"

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2 minutes ago, Cookyman said:

When you click on register your interest it comes up as a pre order.

That's still not a proper pre-order, it's the thing that costs £0.01 and that I did earlier today before the event.

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I've finally caught up on this. Overall I was very impressed.

- The FFXVI console exclusivity (even if timed) is a massive deal which I think can't be overstated. Final Fantasy is a huge series and the game looked pretty good to me. Although really, fucking crystals again!
- This is a really nice launch lineup in my opinion; way better than your usual launch lineups these days and better than their direct competition
- Demon's Souls looked incredible
- The decision to put the new Horizon on PS4 as well is absolutely deserving of criticism that Dcubed is giving it. I'll forgive them for doing it for Spiderman since that was clearly a reworked PS4 title that could clearly run on PS4, but this decision with Horizon shows that the game will not be made to take full advantage of the SSD. If you remember that talk Mark Cerny gave about how traditionally game levels had to be designed in such a way to accommodate loading, this will surely still apply to this game with it being cross gen. That said, the PS5 is clearly still getting next gen exclusives that aren't cross gen (e.g. Demon's Souls) so it's not as bad as Microsoft in this regard, who said they would develop games to be cross gen for the next few years.
- That price. Dat. Price. The digital price of £360 is actually incredible - you have a full fat console just without the disc drive coming in at just 10 pounds more than the PS4 launched at 7 years ago. That is actually astonishing when you think about it, given the tech - to be fair, the Series S is a cracking price too. And the PS5 regular edition matching the Xbox price is a smart move, and one we all predicted.

Well, I say all...


They will not.  That is total lalaland.
Series X being a mere £449.99 is a fucking miracle. The SSD alone is worth about £200!


You knew I wasn't going to let this go, in your heart of hearts ;). Telling me I was in lalaland, cheeky git. [emoji14]

We told you so!

One thing I will end on is that competition is a great thing, and I'm glad that the Xbox leaks happened when they did because it seems like Sony have price matched accordingly. Thanks to competition we have some excellently priced consoles!

Now for the Amazon preorders to go live. :)
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